evanescence: made in canada/fait au canada

April 9th - 8pm
April 10th - 8pm
April 11th - 8pm

Location: Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis Street, Toronto
Tickets: $22 (Regular Advance), $18 (CADA, Student, Senior), $25 at the door (cash only)
Double Bill: $40 advance ticket package for two d:mic/fac shows, In Tune (April 2-4) & evanescence (April 9-11)
Group Rates (minimum 6 people): $10 student tickets, $20 adult tickets
*All advance sales are entered into a draw to win ticket prizes
416-533-8577
laura@princessproductions.ca

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Yvonne Ng’s princess productions proudly presents evanescence: made in canada/fait au canada, a dynamic program of both world and Toronto premieres from the evocative and exquisitely unique Holly Small and the up-and-coming innovative Winnipeg-based Freya Olafson.

Now in its sixth season, the second installment of the bi-annual festival dance: made in canada/fait au canada runs April 9-11, and the previous week will have featured another selection of artists in the festival's first installment, In Tune: made in canada/fait au canada.

With the premiere of Radiant, Toronto choreographer Holly Small invites you into the vivid landscape of her imagination – a preternatural forest, ravaged by time, haunted by wraith-like figures that hover at the edges of memory and awareness. Rising from the depths, tumbling through dark space, five stunning dancers merge with exquisite video projections by iconoclastic artist John Oswald while four trombonists surround the audience with Oswald’s evocative sound score. Within a shifting terrain of scrims and screens devised by brilliant theatre designer Emile Morin, Small seeks to convey through dance the fragile beauty of life, the mystery of death, and the visceral feeling we get when something precious is slipping beyond reach.

From the infectious diseases of 1875 to the blithering cold of both then and now, join creator/performer Freya Olafson on the path to uncover and celebrate one's pioneer within! The Toronto premiere of New Icelander is the latest of Olafson's investigation into the lives of the first Icelandic immigrants to Canada. In this inter-media performance, Olafson draws parallels between the cross-cultural experiences of her 19th century ancestors and her own present-day identity.

dance: made in canada/fait au canada is a bi-annual festival of contemporary Canadian dance pairing emerging and established artists. It is a noted platform for nurturing new choreographic talent through a mentoring experience, as well as inspiring cross-disciplinary collaboration by hosting a venue for visual artists, this time with visual artist, Lindy Pole.